MAVERICK: THE SAGA OF WACO WILLIAMS (TV)
Summary
One in this series of offbeat western dramas about the Mavericks, unlikely heroes who prefer gambling to gunplay. In this episode, Bret befriends a gunfighter named Waco Williams. Waco and Bret arrive in a town where the cattlemen and the homesteaders are at odds with one another. During a poker game in which Bret is accused of cheating, Waco gets into a fistfight with a cattleman named Karl Bent Jr., whose father, Col. Bent, owns the town. Bret and Waco are then accused of having been sent by the homesteaders to cause problems among the cattlemen. The Bents and their friends try to run Bret and Waco out of town. Waco refuses to go since he is waiting for a friend to meet him. Bret stands by him, but not out of loyalty. He knows that Waco's friend is worth $2,500 in reward money. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 15, 1959 Sunday 7:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:20
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T:08620
- GENRE: Drama, western
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, western
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1957-1962
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Jeep Universal
- TV - Commercials - Peter Paul Almond Cluster candy bar
- TV - Commercials - Peter Paul Almond Joy candy bar
- TV - Commercials - Peter Paul Mounds candy bar
- TV - Commercials - Schick razor and injector blade with Krona edge
- TV - Commercials - Welchade grape drink
- TV - PSAs - Girl Scouts
- TV - Promos - "Lawman"
- TV - Promos - "The Rifleman"
CREDITS
- William T. Orr … Executive Producer
- Roy Huggins … Producer
- Leslie H. Martinson … Director
- Gene Coon … Writer
- Montgomery Pittman … Writer
- David Buttolph … Theme Music by
- Paul Francis Webster … Theme Music by
- James Garner … Cast, Bret Maverick
- Wayde Preston … Cast, Waco Williams
- Louise Fletcher … Cast, Kathy Bent
- R.G. Armstrong … Cast, Col. Karl Bent
- Brad Johnson … Cast, Karl Bent Jr.
- Ken Mayer … Cast, Sheriff Boyd Tate
- Harry Lauter … Cast, Bernie Adams
- Lane Bradford … Cast, Jack Regan
- Syd Saylor … Cast, Menzies
- Stephen Coit … Cast, Charlie